imposant

Catalan

Etymology

From imposar.

Adjective

imposant (masculine and feminine plural imposants)

  1. impressive, imposing, stately
    Synonym: imponent

Verb

imposant

  1. present participle of imposar

Further reading


Danish

Etymology

From French imposant (imposing), from imposer (impose).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emposant/, [empʰoˈsanˀd̥]

Adjective

imposant

  1. imposing
  2. (adverbial) imposingly

Inflection

Inflection of imposant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular imposant 2
Neuter singular imposant 2
Plural imposante 2
Definite attributive1 imposante
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading


French

Etymology

From imposer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/
  • (file)

Adjective

imposant (feminine imposante, masculine plural imposants, feminine plural imposantes)

  1. imposing, impressive

Descendants

  • Danish: imposant
  • German: imposant

Participle

imposant

  1. present participle of imposer

Further reading


German

Etymology

Borrowed from French imposant.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

imposant (strong nominative masculine singular imposanter, comparative imposanter, superlative am imposantesten)

  1. impressive, imposing
    Synonyms: beeindruckend, eindrucksvoll, majestätisch, monumental

Declension

Further reading

  • imposant” in Duden online
  • imposant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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